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HR’s Rising Star: Striving to be an ‘agent of change’ in a changing landscape

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When Fiona Sityar joined government contracting firm Highlight Technologies in 2017, she was a one-person HR department, supporting the organization’s 65 employees. HR’s Rising Stars Meet this year’s class: The winners of HR’s Rising Stars Mana Fletcher: This HR Rising Star’s key to innovation?

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What’s keeping HR from being seen as a true strategic partner?

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When I compared the answers to this question from last year’s survey to the data from previous years, I was floored by what I found: The needle moved significantly from 2014, when 38% of respondents said HR was viewed as “strategic,” to 2017, when 44% said HR was viewed as “strategic.” appeared first on HR Executive.

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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

How do you foster a culture of innovation within the HR function, and how does this translate into attracting, developing, and retaining top talent within the organization? Currently, we have more than 250 courses on offer and have awarded more than 410,000 EY Badges since launching the program in 2017.

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Caterpillar’s transformative CHRO is the 2023 HR Executive of the Year

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. - Advertisement - The organization, which employs more than 109,000 people worldwide, had never had an HR leader with a seat at the proverbial table—but with a re-envisioned business strategy closely tied to people success, Umpleby knew he needed a strategic leader who could elevate the function.

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27 Best Leadership Books for HR Leaders [2024 Edition]

Analytics in HR

This article provides a list of must-read leadership books designed with you the HR leader in mind! A Cure for the Common Company (2023) by Richard Safeer, MD A Cure for the Common Company , as the cover reads, is “a wellbeing prescription for a happier, healthier, and more resilient workforce”. Also available as an audiobook.

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Data Insights from Bersin’s New Definitive Guide to Human Resources

Linkedin Talent Blog

Read on to learn more about what the typical HR professional looks like today, which roles are rising in the HR function, and what the convergence of skills across HR domains means for the future. Profiling today’s typical HR professional First, let’s look at who the average HR professional is today.

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Hela Apparel Holdings transforms to Digital HR with MiHCM Cloud

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Colombo, 19th January 2023 – MiHCM, a global HR technology provider, successfully implemented MiHCM Cloud across the global manufacturing facilities of the Hela Group in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and Egypt. A digitalised HR function is also more sustainable, improving our ability to reduce waste while improving productivity and efficiency.